Joel 2:1-2,12-17 This world will break your heart if you let it. There is so much to grieve, so much to fear, so much to run from. Most of us, most of the time, are numb to some or all of it. Sometimes, the numbness is the only way to keep going, to keep fromContinue reading “Rend Your Heart”
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Memento Mori
This sermon was given on the occasion of Ash Wednesday 2025, and primarily addresses the liturgy of the day as well as several references to the Burial Office, both of which can be found in the Book of Common Prayer! The t-shirt mentioned is a discontinued product of The Little Rose Shop, but a similarContinue reading “Memento Mori”
Remains
The propers for Ash Wednesday are the same every year and can be found here. Every year on Ash Wednesday, I have the beautiful and terrible honor of imposing ashes on the foreheads of the people I love and serve. I will remind you that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. IContinue reading “Remains”
Remember & Return
Ash Wednesday 2022 Something that I’ve heard time and time again in conversations with members of this community is that we’ve lost our sense of time. The traditions and activities that once helped us to mark time have been dislodged or altered or suspended. Life’s transitional moments seem to happen off stage, even when they’reContinue reading “Remember & Return”
Mother A Writes 